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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Structural family therapy"”.
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An application of structural family therapy
Inherent to the life of the family are the inevitable challenges related to transitions in its normal development over time as well as to possible idiosyncratic stressors such as divorce, remarriage, chronic illness, or domestic violence. Demands both internal and external to the family can impede …
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The Contribution of Enactments to Structural Family Therapy: A Process Study
… where the effectiveness of many forms of psychotherapy has been thoroughly examined, the focus of many researchers has shifted from investigating outcome to exploring therapeutic processes. Process studies serve to identify the active ingredients of therapy—that is, those interventions that …
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Alcoholism and family structure
… of this research project was to explore the structural variables of hierarchical reversals, cross generational coalitions, cohesion, and adaptability as they were manifested in families with an alcoholic member, families with a recovered member, and non-alcoholic families. One hundred and …
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Adolescent substance use and family dynamics
… of this research project was to explore the family structural variables of cohesion and adaptability as well as extracurricular activities, peer influences, and personal attitudes as they were manifested in adolescents classified as nonusers, users, and/or abusers of alcohol/drugs. Two …
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A Discovery-Oriented Process Study of Enactment in Family Therapy: Development of the Family Therapy Enactment Rating Scale
<p>With the effectiveness of psychotherapy now well-supported in both the individual and family literatures (Garfield & Bergin, 1994), we are entering an era where questions of how and why therapy works are of interest. More specifically, there has been support and encouragement by some researchers …
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Stage 2 Outpatient Adolescent Recovery (SOAR) Program Family Therapy Manual
… the highest level of research support for therapy as defined by the American Psychological Association (APA, 2006), are lacking. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A), a treatment adapted from Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) for adults who engage in suicidal and …
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"I Want to be Free the Lebanese Way": An Interpretive Phenomenology Examination of Lebanese American Queer Youth's Experiences of Family Secrecy
… American young adults, specifically around family secrecy around their sexuality. This gap in the marriage and family therapy research has significant implications, and erases the experiences of queer Arab young adults around disclosure of their sexual identity. This study examined the …
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A qualitative study examining the experiences of first-generation Asian Indian divorced single mothers in the United States
… Asian Indian single mother families: Family Adjustment and Adaptation Response (FAAR) model, Structural Family Therapy, and Theory of Acculturation. The research used a phenomenological approach and used semi-structured open-ended interview questions to gain an in-depth knowledge about …
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The Effective Use of Confrontation in Family Therapy: A Process Study
… style and perceived aggressiveness of earlier family therapists in favor of a more "collaborative" stance, confrontation, as a technique, is still widely used in almost all forms of psychotherapy, including family therapy. The present process study explored what makes confrontation more or less …
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Marriage and family therapists’ perceptions and interpretations of readiness to work with Muslim clients: A qualitative study
… research study was to explore how marriage and family therapists perceive and interpret their readiness to work with Muslim clients. This study applied a phenomenological research approach to allow the participants to express their viewpoints and the meanings of readiness to work with Muslim …